HomeMy WebLinkAbout031015PlanningCommissionAgendaKAUAI PLANNING COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
9:00 a.m. or Soon Thereafter
Lfhu'e Civic Center, Moikeha Building
Meeting Room 2A -2B
4444 Rice Street, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii
AGENDA
A. CALL TO ORDER
Be ROLL CALL
Co APPROVAL OF AGENDA
D. MINUTES of the meeting(s) of the Planning Commission
1. Meeting of February 10, 2015,
E. RECEIPT OF ITEMS FOR THE RECORD
F. HEARINGS AND PUBLIC COMMENT (Noticed hearings will not commence until
9:00 a.m. or soon thereafter.) Individuals may orally testify on items on this agenda
during the Public Comment Period. Please call the Planning Department prior to the
meeting or notify Commission Staff at the meeting site. Testimony shall also be
accepted when the agenda item is taken up by the Commission. However if an
individual has already testified during this period, additional testimony at the agenda
item testimony may be allowed at the discretion of the Chair. Testifiers shall limit
their testimony to three (3) minutes, but may be extended longer at the discretion of
the Chair. Written testimony is also accepted. An original and twelve (12) copies of
written testimony can be hand delivered to the Planning Department or submitted to
Commission Staff at the meeting site.
1. Continued Agency Hearing (NONE)
2. New Agency Hearing (NONE)
3. Continued Public Hearing (NONE)
4. New Public Hearing (NONE)
5. All remaining public testimony pursuant to HRS 92 (Sunshine Law)
G. CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Status Reports (NONE)
2. Director's Report(s) for Proiect(s) Scheduled for Agency Hearing on 3/24/15.
(NONE)
3. Shoreline Setback Activity Determination
a. Shoreline Setback Commission Review SSCR- 2015 -09 and Shoreline Setback
Determination SSD- 2015 -27 for a shoreline activity determination, Tax Map Key
2 -8 -017: 005, Poipu, Kauai, for acceptance by the Commission = Evan Goldberg.
1. Director's Report pertaining to this matter.
H. EXECUTIVE SESSION
1. Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes Sections 92 -4 and 92- 5(a)(4), and Kauai County
Charter Section 3.07(E), the Office of the County Attorney requests an executive
session to provide the Commission a legal briefing concerning Supreme Court of the
United States decision in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District (No.
1 I -1446) relative to conditions imposed on land use entitlements. This briefing and
consultation involves the consideration of the powers, duties, privileges, immunities
and/or liabilities of the Commission and the County as they relate to this agenda
item.
I. GENERAL BUSINESS MATTERS
1. 2014 Annual Status Report and Request for Extension for Project Development Use
Permit PDU- 2009 -9 and Class IV Zoning Permit Z -IV- 2009 -6, Tax Map Key 5 -2-
013: 001, Lihue, Kauai = Koamalu Plantation, LL C.
a. Director's Report pertaining to this matter.
2. 2014 Annual Status Report for Project Development PDU- 2013 -15, Class IV Zoning
Permit Z -IV- 2013 -17, Use Permit U- 2013 -14, Special Permit SP- 2013 -5, Tax Map
Key 5 -2 -013: 001, Kilauea, Kauai — The Resonance Project Foundation.
[Director's Report on 2/10/15 agenda, taken out of consent calendar 2/24/15.]
a. Director's Report pertaining to this matter.
J. COMMUNICATION (For Action) (NONE)
K. COMMITTEE REPORTS (NONE)
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L. UNFINISHED BUSINESS (For Action)
1. Class IV Zoning Permit Z -IV- 2015 -8, Project Development Use Permit PDU -2015-
7, Variance Permit V- 2015 -1 and Special Management Area Use Permit SMA(U)-
2015-6 to permit repair and reconstruction of the former Coco Palms Resort
including but not limited to: 350 hotel units, Lotus Restaurant and Flame Room Bar,
the Lobby Building, the Commercial Building, three swimming pools, Queen's
Audience Hall, the Palms Lanai, Sea Shell Restaurant, Chapel in the Palms, 2 of 4
Bridge Crossings; the construction of a new Utility & Maintenance Building and a
new Queen Lagoon Building into a spa and gym facility on the site of the previously
demolished structure. The project is situated in Wailua and located at 04 -241 Kuhio
Highway, further identified as Tax Map Keys 4 -1 -003: 004 (por.), 005, 007, 011, and
017 and 4 -1 -005: 014 and 017, and containing a total area of approx. 28.523 acres =
Coco Palms Hui, LLC. [Director's Report received 1/13/15, Supplemental No. 2
Director's Report received 1/27/15, Supplemental No. 3 Director's Report on
2/10/15 agenda, hearing closed 2/24/15.]
a. Supplemental No. 4 Director's Report pertaining to this matter.
2. Six -year Capital Improvement Program Report Presentation. [Deferred 2/24/15.]
a. Supplemental No. 2 Director's Report pertaining to this matter.
M. NEW BUSINESS
1. For Action — See Agenda F for Project Descriptions
N. ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Topics for Future Meetings
2. The following scheduled Planning Commission meeting will be held at 9:00 a.m., or
shortly thereafter at the Lihue Civic Center, Moikeha Building, Meeting Room 2A-
2131 4444 Rice Street, Lihue, Kauai, Hawai'i 96766 on Tuesday, March 24, 20150
O. ADJOURNMENT
EXECUTIVE SESSION: The Commission may go into an executive session on an agenda
item for one of the permitted purposes listed in Section 92 -5(a) Hawaii Revised Statutes
( "H.R.S. "), without noticing the executive session on the agenda where the executive session
was not anticipated in advance. HRS Section 92 -7(a). The executive session may only be
held, however, upon an affirmative vote of two - thirds of the members present, which must
also be the majority of the members to which the board is entitled. HRS Section 924. The
reason for holding the executive session shall be publicly announced.
NOTE: Special accommodations and sign language interpreters are available upon request
five (5) days prior to the meeting date, to the County Planning Department, 4444 Rice
Street, Lihue, Hawaii 96766. Telephone: 241 4050
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